AGSC 2270 Syllabus

Subject Code

AGSC

Course Number

2270

Course Title

Livestock Production and Management

Prerequisites

AGRB 2250

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Spring

Credit Hours

(2-2-3)

Course Description

This course introduces students to breeding, feeding, and managing livestock. It focuses on economically important traits, animal selection, and the economic principles of the livestock industry.

Course Outcomes

Reproduction

• Management in herd and flock.
• Heifer, doe, ewe, and gilt development.
• Bull, buck, ram, and boar management.
• Calving, kidding, lambing, farrowing management.
• Reproductive diseases.

Genetics and selection

• Basic performance records.
• Use of EPDs with cattle.
• Selection of breeding stock.
• Breeding systems.

Nutrition

• Basic ruminant and monogastric nutrition.
• Calculation of supplementation requirements.
• Forages.
• Nutritional disorders.

Herd and flock management

• Marketing.
• Identification.
• Fencing and facilities.
• Herd and flock health programs.